Cause: The hardcoded apiServerTimeout of 3 seconds could be less than the PeerTimeout (default to 5 seconds). Consequence: Race condition begins where one node might prematurely initiate remediation—assuming a network or peer failure—when the peer was merely slow to respond due to an overloaded API server. Fix: if the configured PeerTimeout is less than APIServerTimeout + MinimumBuffer, the operator will internally use APIServerTimeout + MinimumBuffer for the peer check. The admission webhook is also used to issue warnings Result: Race condition between peers is avoided.